From: Lemuel G. Abarte (bbot@ksc.th.com)
Date: Tue Jul 08 1997 - 11:10:28 EDT
Dear fellow b-greekers,
If I may be allowed to offer a look on the subject of SIGATW:
Paul does allow the praying and prophesying of women in the local churches
(I Cor. 11:6) only under EXOUSIA (I Cor. 11:10). Male and female roles are
complementary (I Cor. 11:11, 12). Prophecy, however, is a temporary gift
(I Cor. 13: 9, 10), to be taken away upon the completion of perfect
revelation. The prohibition of SIGATW is in the context of interpretation.
Women are refrained from taking participation for the purpose of learning
(I Cor. 14:34). They are to keep silent in matters of teaching and
interpretation. Everyone could prophesy but women could not teach nor
interpret the revelation uttered in the exercise of the gifts.
I Timothy, written at the later stage of Paul's ministry, carries the
prohibition (2:11) of hHSUCIA. This also concerns teaching and authority.
Male and female roles remain complementary (2:13-15). Teaching continues
to be prohibited for women (2:11-12).
If we take the premise of the first paragraph as true, then it follows that
the communication gifts are limited to - men - upon the completion of the
Canon.
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